Chapter 831 Funeral

Time is like fine sand. The tighter you hold it in your hands, the faster it passes.

In the blink of an eye, Christmas 1934 has passed, and the time has come to 1935.

The new year is not good news for Arthur, because Princess Louise's health is getting worse and worse, and she can no longer even stand up on her own.

Even though the doctors conducted careful examinations, they still could not find any problems. The only conclusion they came to was that Princess Louise had problems due to the aging of her body's organs, not due to disease.

Arthur can't do anything about it, because there is no good way to solve this kind of natural aging even in later generations.

The officials could sense that Arthur had not been in a good mood since the report meeting at the beginning of the year.

Arthur had no intention of telling these officials the reason, and the officials who knew would not publicize it.

This also led to the fact that during the period from January to February, when the officials met Arthur, they were all submissive, fearing that Arthur's anger for unknown reasons would implicate them.

Arthur was really not in the mood to cause trouble for them, because after February, Princess Louise was already bedridden, and her body had reached its final stage.

Arthur sat in front of Princess Louise's bed, with a complex expression on his face and a trace of reluctance.

Instead, Princess Louise looked at her openly, smiled and grabbed Arthur's hand, then looked at Queen Mary, Princess Anna, Peter, George and Prince William, as well as Princess Anna's new husband, Prince Juan, and smiled. Said to Arthur: "Arthur, I am going to see your father."

"Mother..." When Arthur heard this, the reluctance on his face became even stronger, and he couldn't help but clench his hands.

"It's okay, child, you did a good job. If I could see your father and grandmother, I would tell them that Arthur is the greatest monarch in Australasia and the pride of the entire royal family." Princess Louise said softly Patting Arthur's hands, the smile on his face did not diminish, and he looked at Queen Mary and Arthur's children: "

Mary, children, even though I am gone, my love for you will always be there. May the Lord bless you, my dearest children. "

Arthur's hand suddenly lost strength. Arthur was stunned for a moment, then gently put Princess Louise's hand back on the bed, covered it with a quilt, and glanced at Princess Louise gently, with a smile on his lips and no regrets.

"Mother." Arthur called softly without any response.

"Mother!" "Grandma!" Queen Mary and the princes and princesses also shouted, but there was also no response.

The medical staff stepped forward, checked gently, and then gently shook their heads at Arthur.

The elder of the Australasian royal family, Arthur's loving mother, Princess Louise, is dead.

The news instantly became the biggest news in Australasia, hitting all the newspapers and spreading across the empire at breakneck speed.

Because of Arthur, people also have a good impression of Arthur's mother, Princess Louise.

After the establishment of the Empire, the people of Australasia called Arthur the Father of Australasia to commemorate Arthur's achievements from the period of the Principality of Australia to the establishment of the Australasian Empire.

Arthur's mother, Princess Louise, was therefore called the Grandmother of the Empire, which is enough to show the people's love for the emperor's mother.

Princess Louise has always shown a kind face and is kind to others, and has been unanimously praised by the public. The sudden loss of this imperial grandmother left most Australasians devastated.

The officials finally knew the reason why Arthur was in a bad mood some time ago. They paid more attention to the upcoming funeral of Princess Louise and did not dare to slack off at all.

Starting from February 17, 1935, when it was confirmed that Princess Louise had died, all flags in the Australasian Empire were flown at half-mast as a sign of respect.

The palace was filled with mournful music, and all members of the royal family accompanied Princess Louise on her last journey with sad faces.

Looking at Princess Louise who was no longer moving, Arthur felt hesitant for the first time. But looking at Queen Mary and a few little guys next to him, Arthur strengthened his belief.

There are many things that need to be determined in a funeral, such as the time of burial and the location of burial.

Regarding the burial location, Arthur originally planned to bury Princess Louise in the Royal Cemetery at the Palais des Nations. But Princess Louise made a request to Arthur at the last moment. She wanted to return to Sydney and sleep underground in the Sydney Palace.

As for the reason, Sydney is the first stop for Princess Louise and Arthur when they come to Australia. Princess Louise has lived in Sydney for a long time.

Secondly, the Sydney Palace not only has a 1:1 replica of Arthur’s family’s previous house in England, but also has many relics of Arthur’s father, the old Duke Arthur.

Without much thought, Arthur decided to comply with Princess Louise's last wish and bury her in the Sydney Cemetery at Sydney Palace.

As a former royal palace, Sydney Palace has a prepared cemetery. However, during the time that Sydney Palace was a royal palace, no royal family member passed away, and the Sydney Cemetery did not play its role.

After the palace was moved to St. Arthur's Castle, the Sydney Cemetery became even less useful. In order to fulfill Princess Louise's last wish, the Australasian government temporarily organized manpower to repair the Sydney Cemetery and made certain improvements before the funeral.

On February 22, 1935, Princess Louise's funeral was officially held.

Although she is only the empress dowager of the empire, the Australasian Empire attaches great importance to this.

What Arthur didn't expect was that millions of Australasians gathered on the road from Princess Louise's burial in St. Arthur's Castle to Sydney.

It was obvious that they all wanted to see the imperial grandmother one last time. If there were no Princess Louise, there would be no Arthur and no current huge and prosperous Australasian Empire.

Because of the Spanish Civil War, Arthur did not invite European royal families to a large scale. But most of the European royal families were still very considerate, and they arrived in time before the funeral on February 22.

This is also thanks to the fact that Australasia once sold transport aircraft technology. Otherwise, the speed and range of some countries' aircraft cannot support global navigation, and it is impossible for them to reach Australasia within a few days.

The standard of the funeral was still very high. Arthur personally carried Princess Louise's coffin, and many European royal family members accompanied her on horseback.

In addition to the status of Arthur and Australasia, a large part of the reason is the noble status of Princess Louise herself.

Princess Louise comes from the Prussian royal family. She is the daughter of Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, the great-granddaughter of King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, and the cousin of German Emperor Wilhelm II.

From here we can also see the confusion in the relationship between European royal families. Judging from the relationship between Arthur's father, Duke Arthur Sr., William II is Arthur's cousin, and the blood relationship is relatively close.

But if we look at the relationship between Arthur's mother, Princess Louise, Arthur is William II's cousin, but the relationship is far, far away.

In terms of bloodline, it must be Arthur's father, old Duke Arthur. In addition to the closer blood relationship, Europe's emphasis on male blood is also a very important reason.

As a member of the Prussian royal family, Princess Louise is also the daughter-in-law of the famous Queen Victoria, and her status is naturally among the most distinguished members of the European royal family.

In addition, Arthur's status in the European royal family is already very high. He is also the emperor of Australasia, the third great power, and he is already full in terms of status.

This resulted in the funeral being attended by too many European royal families. In terms of scale, it was not much smaller than the previous funeral of King Edward VII of England.

If only the number of people attending Princess Louise's funeral was even better. After all, Arthur's reputation in Australasia is too high, and a small incident may affect millions of Australasian people.

The person responsible for presiding over the funeral was still Archbishop Steed of Australasia.

Over the past 30 years, Archbishop Steed has thoroughly understood his duty, which is to be unconditionally loyal to Arthur.

This resulted in the Protestantism in Australasia being different from the Protestantism in England. The Protestantism in Australasia was completely controlled by the monarch.

The biggest impact is that the language schools established by the church will continue to teach immigrants the patriotic ideas of the Chinese military.

The highest dogma of Australasian Protestantism is to fight for God and Arthur.

Coupled with Arthur's lofty personal reputation and the involuntary personal worship of Arthur by the government and the people, Arthur's status has reached a level comparable to that of God.

This is no joke. The accumulation of various events turned Arthur into a legendary figure in Australasia who was majestic and could not be violated.

The advantage of doing this is that all Arthur's shortcomings will be hidden, and Arthur himself will be deified by these fanatical people.

But there are also disadvantages, that is, any small move by Arthur may be misinterpreted by officials and people below.

Some laws enacted now that affect national development will be infinitely more difficult to repeal in the future.

This is also a headache for Arthur. Although the personality cult was conducive to Arthur's rule over the entire country, it was not conducive to the rule of the country by later monarchs.

However, before World War II ends, appropriate personality worship will effectively increase the combat effectiveness of the army, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

Under the influence of Arthur's various methods, the Australasian army's loyalty to Arthur was definitely much higher than that of the people.

First there were military instructors, and then there were military chaplains. They have only one job, and that is to ensure the ideological education of the army.

There was only one message they conveyed to the soldiers, and that was loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. Loyalty to the emperor comes first, patriotism comes last.

It is precisely because of this trend of personality worship that the Australasian army can also burst out with a spirit of fearlessness and death. Even though they know that death is inevitable, they can still launch a final attack on the enemy without risking their lives.

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